5 Tips to Sharpen Your Knife
Knife sharpening can be an art form. It can also be a simple task once a month or whenever your blade gets dull. For this article we interviewed experts to compile easy sharpening tips.
10 Knife Types: Outdoor Blades
From the humble pocketknife to serious “survival” blades, this tutorial breaks down 10 common (and some not so common) types of outdoor blades. Daggers, throwing knives, and the classic Bowie knife are just a few included in the mix.
First Look: Debut Of RockShox Fat Bike Suspension Fork
We got the scoop on a to-be-released fat-bike fork…
‘Shark Fin’ Saddle: Would You Sit on This?
Saddle design is constantly evolving, but a Spanish brand just took things up a (sharp) notch…
Folding Bike With A Need For Speed
Sure, folding bikes are great for storage and portability, but how about the actual ride? We put Tern’s top-end Verge X10 to the test this summer and fall.
Your Great-Grandpa (Could Have) Worn These Boots. Retro Wolverines
Handmade in the USA and modeled after footwear from 100 years ago, Wolverine offers a line of leather-soled retro boots that will turn heads indoors and out.
Exclusive Q&A with the Gunny: Listen Up!
Former marine drill instructor, actor and SOG Knives Ambassador R. Lee Ermey aka the Gunny has no qualms with telling it like it is. We sent Gunny a batch of knife questions and he responded with hand-written answers. Listen up!
Day of the Knife Contest: One Knife to Rule Them All
A Tomcat 3.0 ($280) and five Aegis knives ($114/ea.) from SOG Knives are up for grabs over the next 36 hours. Read on and get contest details here.
Inside the Mind of a Knife Designer
The inspiration for SOG Knives was born in the jungles of Vietnam. 25 years later, the brand has expanded into a full line of innovative tools. We caught up with the company’s founder and Chief Designer for a Q&A.
‘Off The Map’ Video: 30-Hour Adventure Race
For episode No. 5 in our “Off The Map” video series we gear up and head into the woods for an endurance event. Watch as Team GearJunkie bikes, paddles, treks, and navigates its way through 100+ miles of deep forested terrain on the annual Stubborn Mule Adventure Race.
Pull-Behind Gear: Trailer offers ‘Massive Capacity’
We had four grown men and a stationwagon. We had mountain bikes, backpacks, paddles, life jackets, shoes, and all the food and extra gear required of a weekend away. Fortunately, we also had a trailer.
‘Off The Map’ Video: Maah Daah Hey Trail
Episode No. 3 in our “Off The Map” series takes viewers to the unlikely adventure destination of western North Dakota. It is there that an old horse track winds a vague and dusty 96 miles through the state’s Martian-like Badlands region.
Video: ‘Fast & Light’ Gear Episode
Foot lube, a titanium spork, boots, trekking poles, and an ultra-light pack. These are a few of the items highlighted in our latest “Fast & Light” video, an episode made to give a peek at the equipment used on Gear Junkie and crew’s treks this past summer and fall.
‘Treasure Hunt: Roanoke’ 2011 Race Results
Congrats to all participants in our 2011 “Treasure Hunt: Roanoke” event! Here are the official tallied race results with name, course time, and overall rank. We hope to see you all again next year!
Video: ‘Fast & Light’ on Border Route Trail
In our new video, “24 Hours on the Border Route,” Gear Junkie and crew traveled to northern Minnesota to traverse a renowned 65-mile wilderness route. Drama ensues when the group gets lost in the night, their compasses malfunctioning due to high quantities of natural iron in the rock. Get ready to trek!
Video: ‘What is Gear Junkie?’
New “backgrounder” video introduces Gear Junkie founder Stephen Regenold and reveals a bit about the roots of the GJ project and blog. Watch for a cameo from Mount Everest in the middle!
The Gear Junkie Show: Iceland!
In collaboration with Trails.com, Gear Junkie founder Stephen Regenold hosts a new video series. Episode No. 2 was shot last summer on a volcano in Iceland.
Wenger Patagonian Race Report #6
“T.C., can you be ready in five minutes?” shouted the voice attached to the hand shaking my shoulder. I was only two hours into my “night” of sleep. “Team GearJunkie is about to leave!,” the voice continued. . .
Wenger Patagonian Race Report #5
As Team Adidas disappeared into the forest, Sam, Paul and I hurried to set our tent up and escape the cold. Two 40-degree, waist-high water crossings had left us soaked. A satellite phone call at around 5:30pm confirmed that a helicopter would come within the hour. . .
Wenger Patagonian Race Report #4
In the starkest of contrasts, I’ve gone from living and suffering in the wet wilderness to sitting in a posh (for this area of the world) internet cafe in just a few short hours. My cafe’ americano should be here any second. Warm fluids and dry beds are luxury items in my life right now.
Wenger Patagonian Race Report #3: Day one
In a dust cloud of whirring, rattling, clacking bikes, the riders began the 2011 Wenger Patagonian Expedition race. Their whistles and whoops soon quieted as they hit the first few washboard climbs and the reality of a week of dirty, fatigued suffering began to set in…
Wenger Patagonian Race Report #2: Heading to the start
As the sun sets on Patagonia, I fall deeper into the shadow of the granite spearheads of Torres Del Paine. The teams, fed on lamb and fresh salad, have slung their packs onto their backs and are headed for their tents. This will be the last solid night of sleep for the next week or more. Temperatures in the low 70s has made it a delight to be outdoors this evening.
How to Spot (and Treat) Altitude Sickness
HAPE and HACE. These are four-letter words no mountaineer wants to hear. As forms of altitude sickness, HAPE (high-altitude pulmonary edema) and HACE (high-altitude cerebral edema) respectively equal fluid in the lungs and swelling of the brain. Both are caused by the mal effects thin air has on the body.
Welcome to Everest Base Camp
A subterranean stream gurgles in the glacial ice beneath my feet. An avalanche crashes, ice pillars tumbling down, in the Khumbu Icefall above. Welcome to Base Camp at Mount Everest, a tent city at 17,500 feet and home to more than 1,200 seasonal residents clad in down jackets and mountain boots.
Gear Junkie Treks to Gorak Shep
The trek to Mount Everest Base Camp is almost complete. The first wave of the Expedition Hanesbrands team, including lead climber Jamie Clarke and myself, are scheduled to be at Everest’s tent city Saturday, April 10.
Gear Check: Expedition Infrastructure
Stephen Regenold explores the equipment used to communicate from the Khumbu valley to base camp and beyond.
Interview: Photographer Scott Simper
Gear Junkie Stephen Regenold interviews climbing photographer and videographer Scott Simper.
Gear Junkie Treks to Pangboche
The Gear Junkie meets expedition leader Jamie Clarke at 13,000 feet in the village of Pangboche.
Trek to Namche Bazaar
It’s been a little more than two days since my last update. But in that short time, the trajectory I am on from Kathmandu to Everest Base Camp has brought me hundreds of miles and thousands of feet into the sky.
Zero Hour for Gear Junkie
It’s time to head out. Time to double-check my list, kiss the kids goodbye, and get on a plane to Kathmandu!
Patagonian Race Update
I’m writing from a hostel that faces the Bay of Beagle in Puerto Williams, Chile. I just had a breakfast of cheese and avacado on handmade bread with a side of yogurt. At my table, the members of Team Gear Junkie were enjoying their first real breakfast since completing the race. They all have swollen hands, feet or legs, but are in good spirits and happy with a 4th place finish!